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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

… that Russo knew were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. The guilty plea was announced by United … that he knew were issued outside of the legitimate medical course and fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid … drugs, including oxycodone and methadone, are approved for medical use and also have a very high abuse potential.  They …
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DEA offers another opportunity to clean out your medicine cabinet

… and dispose of any unwanted, unused or expired prescription medications. This Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 … initiatives have collected more than 11 million pounds of medications nationally. In New Jersey, residents have … residents turned in more than 12,700 pounds of prescription medications.    19-12                              …
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DEA says: “Time to clean out your medicine cabinets”

… dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications during the 16th National Prescription Drug Take … agencies nationally will be accepting surrendered medications.  The public can find a nearby collection site … residents turned in more than 14,800 pounds of prescription medications.  …
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DEA installs drug collection box in Louisville federal building

… area wishing to drop off their unneeded, unused, or expired medications can do so beginning today. Upon entering the … that can be dropped off include prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, vaping devices with the batteries removed, and …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… These pills are made to look identical to real prescription medications—including OxyContin®, Percocet®, and Xanax®—but … pill bought on social media is safe. The only safe medications are ones prescribed directly to you by a trusted medical professional and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. …
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DEA Chicago Suspends Registration of Suburban Chicago Pharmacy

… the quantities and combinations of controlled substance medications dispensed to these patients were not for legitimate medical purposes, and could have led to respiratory failure … registration to legally dispense controlled substance medications. If a pharmacy fails to maintain regulated …
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DEA New England Announces 20th Take Back Day

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close to 500 tons of … The public can drop off potentially dangerous prescription medications at collection sites which will adhere to local …
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Doctor and former employee indicted for conspiring to distribute adderall

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … an amphetamine, for reasons other than for a legitimate medical purpose and not in the usual course of medical …
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DEA and Partners Hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight … “If we reduce the availability of those unused or expired medications through proper disposal, the fewer drugs there … drug take back program to encourage the safe disposal of medications. National Take Back Day has received robust …
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Collin County physician and registered nurse convicted in pill mill scheme

… Taylor and Lee owned and operated Taylor Texas Medicine, a medical clinic in Richardson, Texas. The defendants were … five drugs at their clinic to people that had no legitimate medical need. Taylor and Lee were indicted by a federal … $450,000.00 and all right, title and interest to any medical or nursing license or certifications.  Under federal …
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DEA works with practitioners to bring awareness to prescription drug diversion

… Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federation of State Medical Boards hosted two regional one-day Practitioner … was provided by experts from the DEA, State of Ohio Medical Board, Ohio Physician Health Program and others. …
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The Drug Enforcement Administration works with practitioners to bring awareness to prescription drug diversion

… Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federation State of Medical Boards today hosted the Michigan Practitioner … and diversion, electronic prescribing and addiction and medication–assisted treatment. Among today’s in-person and …
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents

… arrest, prosecution, imprisonment, and, in the case of medical practitioners and pharmacists, revocation of their … numbers and/or state license numbers when calling a medical practitioner. They also may claim that patients are …   DEA personnel will never contact members of the public or medical practitioners by telephone to demand money or any …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug … crisis - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription medications from their medicine cabinets,” said DEA Acting … and overdose deaths plaguing this country due to opioid medications. Complete results for DEA’s spring Take Back Day …
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New Jersey Residents Add To Record Number Of Unused Pills Collected During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… surrendered more than 222,872 pounds or 111 tons of medications.  “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is a … crisis - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription medications from their medicine cabinets,” said DEA Acting … helping to reduce the available supply of prescription pain medications from their homes,” said SAC Nickerson.  “I …
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15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Is Saturday

… than 413,000 (206 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted medications. The service is free and anonymous. There will … medicine cabinet. I urge everyone to take an inventory of medications on hand and get rid of unwanted prescription …
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Texas Doctor Sentenced In Prescription Drug Conspiracy

… course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.  Niamatali was sentenced to 78 months in … to information presented in court, Niamatali used his medical clinics in Garland and Lancaster to sell illegal … to cover up his scheme by ordering his staff to falsify medical records.  Niamatali was indicted by a federal grand …
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Dallas Woman Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and then … means, were recruited and paid to pose as patients at medical clinics, including the McAllen Medical Clinic in …
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Montana Doctor Arrested After Two Year Investigation

… on August 27, 2015 after a two year investigation into his medical practice and drug trafficking activities.  … alleged the doctor was criminally negligent in prescribing medication.  Christensen was arrested without incident at … to just 11 representative patients of the more than 4,700 medical files seized from his office," said Ravalli County …
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Clay County Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Resulting In The Death Of A Patient

… usual course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose. Count one also charges Sachs with … According to the indictment, Dr. Sachs, a licensed medical doctor in Florida, owned and operated Physician Pain … usual course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose: (Xanax), (Soma), clonazepam, (Dilaudid), …
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Boynton Beach Doctor Arrested For Writing Unlawful Prescription

… a Schedule II controlled substance for which there is no medical necessity. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) West Palm … not establishing patient files, and not taking patient medical histories prior to prescribing narcotics.  In … “DEA will always be vigilant in finding these unscrupulous medical professionals and seeing to it that they are …
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Perry Physician Indicted For Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

… According to the indictment, Vizcarra operated a medical business known as the Perry Family Medical Clinic on S. Jefferson Street in Perry, Florida, …
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DEA’s 13th Drug Take Back Event Yields Huge Results In Georgia

… 29, 2017, turned in 9,635 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … Georgians turned in 9,635 pounds of unwanted or expired medications, nationally, 900,386 (450 tons) of expired and unwanted prescription medications were collected in more than 5,400 sites that …
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DEA’s 13th Drug Take Back Event Yields Huge Results In North Carolina

… 29, 2017, turned in 26, 420 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … Carolinians turned in 26,420 pounds of unwanted or expired medications, nationally, 900,386 (450 tons) of expired and unwanted prescription medications were collected in more than 5,400 sites that …
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DEA’s 13th Drug Take Back Event Yields Huge Results In South Carolina

… 29, 2017, turned in 7,404 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … Carolinians turned in 7,404 pounds of unwanted or expired medications, nationally, 900,386 (450 tons) of expired and unwanted prescription medications were collected in more than 5,400 sites that …
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DEA’s 13th Drug Take Back Event Yields Huge Results In Tennessee

… 29, 2017, turned in 24,594 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up … Tennesseans turned in 24,594 pounds of unwanted or expired medications, nationally, 900,386 (450 tons) of expired and unwanted prescription medications were collected in more than 5,400 sites that …
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West Hartford Doctor Pays $42,500 To Settle Allegations Under The Controlled Substances Act

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … 11 prescriptions that were outside the normal scope of his medical practice in that these prescriptions were not …
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Hartford Man Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose Of East Haddam Resident

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To More Than 4 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …
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Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty: Distributed Heroin To Overdose Victim

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts …